Tahir Hussain Siddique is an Indian politician and leader of

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and an ex-member of

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(won on

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...

's ticket). He was arrested by the

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for possessing 10 live cartridges without licence at

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in 2007. He was convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment by the Court. Siddique contested from

Chhibramau Chhibramau (or Chibramau) is a nagar palika parishad and a subdivision (tehsil) of Kannauj district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography Chhibramau is located at . It has an average elevation of . History Chhibramau was l ...

seat on BSP's ticket in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election but got defeated by

Archana Pandey Archana Pandey (born 5 June 1960) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. She is MLA in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and former Minister of State for Mining, Excise, and Prohibition (2017–19). She is a daughter of former B ...

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